Are you willing to get the Covid vaccine when offered?

Sailorsaint said

My cousin got his flu shot and ended up with the flu. He felt so bad, he thought he had Covid. Doc told him, "you got the flu A shot but flu B is what's going around this year." Then what good is the flu shot if it isn't designed for this strain of flu? I get mine every year since I turned 50. I don't normally get the flu, maybe a mild case. I definitely don't want this year's version.

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From a medical perspective, this is actually quite logical. If the majority of people are vaccinated against a particular strain of the flu, that strain will become less dominant, allowing other strains to circulate more easily. This means the vaccine was effective in preventing illness from the targeted strain.

Even if you weren’t vaccinated against the specific strain you contracted, your immune system would still have been activated by the vaccine. As a result, your illness is likely to be milder than if you were unvaccinated. Personally, I get the flu shot every year. While I may still get sick some years, I’ve avoided the pneumonia I used to develop when contracting the flu in years I skipped the vaccine, especially before the COVID-19 pandemic.